REP17182

• Permit No: M1993041
• IBM Index Class Name: Report
• Doc Date: 3/1/1994
• Doc Name: PREHISTORIC HISTORIC & GEOLOGIC PROPERTIES PRESERVATION PLAN DOW FLAT BOULDER CNTY COLO
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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5.2 Historic Resources
While inventories of the prehistoric resources at the Dowe
' Flats area are numerous, historic inventories are more limited.
The Class I and Class II Dowe Flats historic surveys found eight
potential historic resources located with the Study Area. The
' Class II survey identified and recorded six buildings, structures,
and features. Of the six resources of sufficient age (50 years old
' or older) to be considered as possibly significant historic
resources, four were irrigation ditches, one was an equipment shed
and the other was a thresher or corn sheller and associated jumble
of used fencing. Two additional resources were less than 40 years
' old and were not of exceptional significance.
The shed and thresher were recorded and recommended as not
eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.
' The shed and farm machinery are not considered significant because
of their lack of identifiable contributions to agricultural
' development. The shed lacks architectural significance as
representing a unique or important pattern in rural vernacular
architecture.
The four ditches are historic with the earliest dates of
appropriation for each being 1862. Within the Study Area, all of
the ditches have a high degree of integrity, convey the feeling of
irrigation supply ditches and represent a major theme of northern
' Boulder County agricultural development.
Outside the Study Area are additional historic resources. The
Class I study found two other resources, previously determined
eligible: the Montgomery School and the Gerstenkorn Homestead
(Centennial Farm) located on nearby Colorado Highway 66. The
Montgomery School may prove to be in areas of secondary impacts
' from vibration or other damage related to mining or construction
activities.
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